I followed this post from the beginning and find it very interesting.

Give this guy a break! At least he dreamt big, realized his dream and had the tenacity to achieve this. Respect this. How many of you have big dreams (I am not talking about the beachcats small thing) but never do anything? You know how they are called: the armchair sailors ...
The CG will rescue him (or not), so what? your taxes at work and a good training for them.

Watch and try to be nice.

So if it breaks up and the guy dies, should we all clap our hands because he lived his dream? I think we all support the "living the dream" part, we are just more concerned about him not losing his life, or giving sailing yet another black eye in public.

I hope things go well, but there is a difference between dreaming and living the dream.

Link from a sailing anarchy thread describing his past two exploits before the tin can.
http://saildivebvi.com/serendipity/archives/2008/02/12.html

Do some research before blindly saying maybe he's OK.
He has had two POS large charter yachts built by using money he scammed out of people, including his family and friends, and they BOTH sank. First was a big steel mono poorly built in Turkey that he wrote his book about. Then a 90 ft. Al. cat and it also went down. Both were built with the intent of living an easy life of rich people chartering his vessels. He is a BS artist and is not just hurting himself. Swann deserves only condemnation and scorn.

You have to be alive to LIVE the dream.

Ncik, Exactly!

"Die'n ain't much of a livin'"

Name this obscure old movie quote, first one who gets it right gets a beer on me! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Clint - Josey Wales - Dyin' ain't much of a livin', boy.
I think that someone said it recently on another forum - heard it somewhere - so I don't qualify - I'll still take the beer when we meet again <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Update from Santa Cruz (from post on SA)

"The Tin Can is tied up at the gas dock in Santa Cruz. Apparently it was towed in this morning by Vessel Assist from 30 miles out (un-confirmed). No one is currently on board but everything looks basically ok."

Was there somebody aboard when it was towed in?

Yep! It's right next to my shop. Full report coming. Snapped many pix. Major cracking where the crossbars attach to main hull. Vessel assist towed him in. He went 150 miles offshore and it started to break up.

Someone was aboard. He's chilling in the harbor.

No big deal.....
A dab of JB Weld..... A little 3M 5200

And he's off......

Where's my Duct Tape! Damit, where did I leave that roll?? <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Worked for Apollo 17 Lunar Rover...

haha, there's a soft drink advertising campaign on at the moment along those lines...

"If it can't be fixed with duct-tape, it can't be fixed."

45 mins away i'm leaving in the morning to see this. i must see it with my own eyes.

Well he has beat the odds. Wasnt it expected to sink before getting "out of cel phone range"? He should mark this as a success... and move on.

Well, that didn't take long !

Wouter

Oopsie!



Vann left SC for the bay this morning. Thanks for the backup on SA guys!

Hope he got warranty on that welding job!

What kind of Wallmart Aluminium did he use ?

2 days in Salt water and you can already see the alu components turning grey and pitted.

And he wanted to go around the world on this this ?

Wouter